Word Origin & History

neighborhood mid-15c., "neighborly conduct, friendliness," from neighbor + -hood (q.v.). Modern sense of "community of people who live close together" is first recorded 1620s. Phrase in the neighborhood of meaning "near, somewhere about" is first recorded 1857, Amer.Eng. The O.E. word for "neighborhood" was neahdæl.

Example Sentences for neighborhood

Where is there in our neighborhood a freight railroad station?

The Freshman who is in his own neighborhood does not donate additional arguments.

In the evenings the neighborhood still gathers at Clement's.

We reached Louisville in time—at least the neighborhood of it.

The neighborhood was deteriorating, or evolving, as you happened to look at it.

This gentleman's home was on the main shore in its neighborhood.

I felt drawn to the place—to the Inn where my son stayed, to the neighborhood.

The other guests were gentlemen residing or visiting in the neighborhood.

The porch was clean and the yard more orderly than the majority in the neighborhood.

He even prowled about the neighborhood of her home and could not meet her.